Iran: Prisoner Hanged Convicted of Murdering Prominent Cleric
Iran Human Rights (IHR); December 1, 2018: A prisoner convicted of murdering a prominent cleric who had allegedly sexually abused…
Social and Political
Rouhani Cabinet’s Refusal to Allocate Funding for Disabilities Law Will Harm Millions
CHRI - Law for the Protection of the Rights of Disabled Persons Requires Designated Funding (more…)
Why US sanctions won’t ‘starve’ Iran of means to pursue its regional policy
Al-Monitor - As the Trump administration unveiled its strategy to “confront Iran” in the aftermath of its withdrawal from the…
Fearing Punishment, Iran’s Students Turn Away From Politics
Radiofarda - Nearly ten years after a harsh crackdown ended Iran’s youth-driven Green Movement, sometimes called the “Persian Spring,” it…
US Displays Iranian Weapons To Bolster Its Case
Radiofarda - Pentagon and the U.S. State Department went all out on Thursday to show that Iran is breaking United…
Iran’s Threat To Pull Out Of JCPOA Could End EU – US Divide
Radiofarda - The patience of Iranian leaders is seemingly running thin as six months after the US pull-out from the…
Labor Activists Say Detained Worker Tortured, Sent To Hospital
Radiofarda - Labor activists in Iran say a detained worker and labor leader was tortured in custody and hospitalized in…
ANALYSIS: Muqtada al-Sadr and rising tensions between Iran and Iraq
Al-Arabia - Economic and political tensions are rising between Iran and Iraq. One of the major contributors is the souring…
Iranian Authorities Upscale the Crackdown of Independent Lawyers
Iran Human Rights (IHR) - Amirsalar Davoudi, member of the Iranian Bar Association was arrested by the Iranian Judiciary on…
Prominent Imprisoned Lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh Hunger Strikes For Fellow Prisoner Farhad Meysami
CHRI - Imprisoned human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh started a second hunger strike on November 26, 2018, to protest the Iranian…